Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings

<p>This book investigates the design operation and use of contemporary transportable buildings and explores how functional performance can be assessed in small-scale examples for public use alongside their relationship to other design elements. The research focuses on three case studies Chengdu Hualin Elementary School Exxopolis and Kreod that do not require a high-technology building environment or complex construction skills. Transportable buildings are defined as those that are transported in a number of parts for assembly on site. Contemporary transportable buildings respond to ecological issues social impacts technological innovation and economic demands. They can be used to measure a society’s development in environmental sustainability innovation and economic growth through various forms. Small-scale transportable buildings fulfil many temporary habitation needs in diverse roles such as non-emergency transitional housing ephemeral exhibition buildings and seasonal entertainment facilities. <i>Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings </i>will be a useful research text for academics and students in architecture design and sustainable building performance.</p>